Wrecking, poling, wiring, lifting, and truck carrying iron for railroadcars



- l U." S. DRAY'ER. I WRECKING, POLING,v WIRING, LIIj'TINGlANDBUCK QRRYING IRON FOR RAILROAD CARS. I

` APPLIcAT'loN FILED Aueiao. 1919.

1,341,787. PatentedJune1,1920,

I II l?" 'ULYSSES S. DRAYER, 0F AL'OONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WREGKING, POLINe, Wrnnve, LIFTING,

Speciglcation of Letters Patent.

AND TRUCK CARRYING IRON` FOR RALROAD- CARS. l i

Patented Junev'1,f1 920.

Appnation flied August 3o, 1919. serial No. 320,927.

To all whom t may concern: l

B it known that I, ULYssEs S. DRAYER, a' resident of Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a ew and useful 'Improvement in lfVre'cking, cling, lYiring, Lifting, and Truck Carry= ing Irons for Railroad-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates 'to' wrecking irons for railway cars. lts object is to provide an iron for this purpose which serves as a blocking'inember for a vlifting jack when it is desired to raise the car, which is provided withholes to chain the truck thereto so that the truck can be lifted with the car, which `-also serves as a push pole pocket, which lis provided with means for the attachment of aA crane hook vor pin, and which is also provided with holes for receiving cables or chains to wire the load on the car.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a` plan view of the wrecking iron; Fig, 2 is Aan end view of the same and showing a portion of the linderframe in transverse section; Fig. 3 is a side velevation of 'the same; Fig. 4' is a side elevation showing a modification; and Fig. 5 isa vertical section there of onl .the line 5-5, Fig. V4.

The wrecking iron is formed for attach-- ment Ato any part of the car underframe, such asto the ends of the body bolster, or to the side sills preferably at the ends of the body bolster, so as to form a prolongation of the body bolster. F ig. Q-'indicates a typical freight car. underframe with a wooden sper-structure, comprising a chanl nel shapedside sill 1 ysecured to the ends of the bpdy bolster members 2, all of which are shown as pressed members, the body bolster. members 2 being provided with flanges as is common for securing the same "to the side sills and to a top cover plate 3 and a bottom cover' plate 4. The' wooden side stringers 5 are attached to and supported by Z-shaped brackets 6. This form of underframe is however not necessary, as the wrecking iron can be attached to any construction -of under-frame having side sills of any kind.

The wrecking iron comprises a body of. angle shape, having a vertical longitudinal flange 7 fitted against the side face of the underframe and a horizontally inwardly projecting flange 8 fitted against the bottom ofthe underframe, these 4flangesbeing provided with holes 9 lfor receiving rivets or s1m1lar means for attaching the iron to the underframe. ably is strengthened by downwardly projectmg transverse ribs 10.

Projecting outwardly from the lower edge of the body is a horizontal flange 1-1 whose lower surface forms a blocking or jacking The horizontal flange preferabutment when it is desired to lift the car bymeans of 'a jack. Projecting ldownn wardly from the body at the inner edge is an inclined longitudinal flange' 12, andfrom its end portions project flanges 13, the former being provided with a plurality of holes 14, three such holes being shown, and the end flanges being each providedvwitha hole 15. Theseholes are for the purpose of having chains passed ,through the same5 in order'to chain the truck to the body when it is desired to jack up both the body -and the truck. i

Projecting outwardly from the vertical flange 7, substantially midway between the ends of the 4iron'is a vertical structure comprising a pair ofoppositely faced curved vertical webs 17, which'serve as abutments for a push pole, thus forming in effect'two push pole pockets facing in opposite directions so that thereby the car can be pushed in either direction. This central structure also is provided with a hole 18, for receiving the hook of a wrccking crane, for lifting the body of the. car in case of' a wreck. These central webs are joined to both' thel vertical longitudinal flange 7 and to the 'bottom outwardly` projecting flange 1l. l i

Outwardly projecting flange '1l is provided in each of the push pole pockets with a hole 19, through which can be passed cables or chains for wiring a load to a gondola or flat car. j Figs. 4 and 5 show a modification `showing a structural side sill, 1 and a casting in which the two websv 17, forming the two push pole pockets, are separated so as to leave between the same a space into which a link of a wrecking crane chainA may be dropped, botlhof said webs being provided with alining holes 18* for receiving a pin which will also pass through the link of the wreckiilg crane chain and thus attach the -wrecking crane chain to the car body. 'llhe space between the webs 17 is bridged at the pocket, as a means for attaching cables or chains for wiring a -load to the car, and also as a blocking member for a lifting jack, and is provided with means for chaining the truck to the car body-when lifting the latter. I claim:

1. A.wrecking iron for railway cars comA- prising a body formed for attachment to a car underframe, a'horizontal outwardly projecting 'flange near the bottom of said I bodyl forming a jacking seat and provided with load wiring openings, and a flange 'projecting downwardly from the body and provided with openings for chaining .the truck to the body.

2. A lwrecking iron for railway cars comprisinga body formed for attachment to a car underframe and having a horizontal outwardly projecting rflange near its bottom forming a .jacking seat, said horizontal flange being provided with load wiring openings.l

prising a body formed for attachment to a carvunderframe, a horizontally outwardly projecting flange near the'bottom of the body forming a jacking seat and provided with load wiring openings, and a vertical.

outwardly projecting structure intermedi-ate the ends of the body forming push pole abutments and provided with a hole for attachment of a crane chain.

4. 5A wrecking iron for railway cars 'coml -prising a body formed for attachment'to a car underframe, a horizontal flange nearv the bottom of the bod forming a jacking Seat,

` and a longitudina flange projecting downwardl from the inner edge of said body and provi ed with openings for chaining the truck to the body.

5. A wrecking iron for railway cars com prising a body formed for attachment to a car underframe, a horizontal flange near the bottom of the body forming a jacking seat,

and transverse' flanges projecting 'downwardly from'the ends of said body and pro-Vl land a vertical structure joining said 'zontal flange and the body and being formed 4 by two curved webs facing in opposite di rections and forming push pole pockets. 3. A wrecking iron for railway cars comvided with openings for chainingthe truck' to the body.

6. A wrecking iron for railway carscomprising a body formed for attachment to a car un'derrame, a horizontal flange near the bottom of the body forming a jacking seat,

a longitudinal flange projecting downwardly from the inner portion ofsaid body,- and transverse flanges projecting downwardly from the ends of said body, said Y longitudinal and transverse flanges being provided with openings..

7. A wrecking iron for railway carsy com? pri'sing a body formed for attachment to a car underframe, a horizontal outwardly pro` jecting flange near the bottom of saidbody,V y

a vertical structure projecting outward from the body and located above the-hori- 'i 'l zontal flange, a longitudinal flange projecting downwardly 4from the body near its inner edge, and transverse flanges project-V ing downwardly from the body at its ends,

saidseveral flanges being4 provided with openings. i y

8. A wrecking iron for railwa cars comprising a` body formed for attac ment to a'-` car underframe, a horizontal flange at the bottom of said body forming a jacking lseat,-

9. A wrecking iron for railway cars comprising a body formed for attachment to a bottom of said body forming ajacking seat,

outer edges `to Y bottom of said body vforming ajacking seat,

and a vertical structure joining said horin zontal flange and the body, said .vertical structure being formed by two webs spaced f apart and bridgedl at their outerV edgesto form a stake pocket., said webs being provided with alining openings. f

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. i e

' ULYVS'SES S. DRAYER. Witness:

M. R. LAVELLE.

car underframe, a horizontal flange at the 

